# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reginald-scot
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:03:27.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/reginald-scot"
name: "Reginald Scot"
slug: "reginald-scot"
description: "Reginald Scot or Scott of Smeeth and Aldington, Kent, was an English politician and author who wrote The Discoverie of Witchcraft, which was published in 1584. It was written against the belief in witches, to show that witchcraft did not exist. Part of its content exposes how feats of magic were done, and the book is deemed the first work, in English, \"to present a detailed description of sleight of hand and conjuring.\""
tagline: "English politician and author (c.1537–1599)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British_School%2C_Reginald_Scott_NCMA_67_13_3.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1537"
deathDate: "1599-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.695214666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ريجنالد سكوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Scot"
    title: "Reginald Scot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Scot"
    title: "Reginald Scot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Scot"
    title: "Reginald Scot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Scot"
    title: "Reginald Scot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Scot"
    title: "Reginald Scot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Скот, Реджинальд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Scot"
    title: "Reginald Scot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2138020"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump